Fastq to fasta variable loop

fastq_to_fasta.sh

 for n in $(cat list); 
 do 
  echo "converting $n fastq.gz to fasta"; 
  seqtk seq -a $n\_kneaddata_paired_1.fastq.gz >  $n\_kneaddata_paired_1.fasta; 
  seqtk seq -a $n\_kneaddata_paired_2.fastq.gz >  $n\_kneaddata_paired_2.fasta; 
done

this is a handy for loop that converts fastq.gz files into fasta form using seqtk which I found to be much faster than using sed or fastx toolkits